Escondido DMV closure prompting extra hours elsewhere

Oceanside, Poway, Temecula to open 1 hour earlier

ESCONDIDO  Three North County Department of Motor Vehicles offices --- Oceanside, Poway and Temecula --- will be open an hour earlier each day starting May 1 to ease congestion created by the upcoming closure of the Escondido DMV office.

The Escondido office will close at the end of business May 10. A new Escondido office isn't expected to open for at least nine months, DMV officials said.

The Oceanside, Poway and Temecula offices will be open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays.

The Oceanside office is at 4005 Plaza Drive, Poway is at 13461 Community Road, and Temecula is at 27851 Diaz Road.